Azpilicueta hoping for greater fortune at Camp Nou

Lionel Messi's away goal gave Barcelona the advantage against Chelsea and Cesar Azpilicueta is hoping for more luck in the return leg.

Published

21 February 2018

Cesar Azpilicueta hopes the footballing gods smile more kindly on Chelsea when they head to Barcelona for their Champions League last-16 second leg.

Antonio Conte's side put in an impressive performance in Tuesday's 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge and took the lead just after the hour through Willian, who had already struck both posts in the first half.

But with 15 minutes remaining the LaLiga leaders took advantage of Andreas Christensen's wayward pass, Andres Iniesta getting in ahead of Azpilicueta to tee up Lionel Messi to sweep home in clinical fashion.

Conte felt Chelsea were close to the perfect game against Barca, and Azpilicueta is hoping for a greater deal of fortune in the return at Camp Nou in three weeks.

"[We approach the game] like we played today, we created more chances," he told reporters.

"They control the ball, that's normal, that's how they play. We created the most dangerous chances and we were the ones that could have won.

"We have to defend as a team and we must attack and hurt them like we did today. We hope to get better luck in Barcelona."